Parent Overview Year 1
Please find below our Parent Overview detailing what our children in Year 1 are learning this week.
Date w/c 24/11/25
| Curriculum area | We are learning to… |
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Literacy
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This week in Year 1 we begin a new text which focuses on our key driver of the academy ‘Respecting our environment’. This text is called ‘Somebody crunched Colin’ by Sarah Roberts. Colin smells appealing – just like the other flowers around him. The only trouble is, he crackles and crunches and flutters in the wind. He can't seem to find where he belongs, but he smells so delicious that all the animals want to eat him...But Colin is a crisp packet! The children will be predicting what happens in the story by looking carefully at the front cover. We will also look at any new vocabulary and its meaning. The children will then sequence the story. We will focus on Onomatopoeia and the words used to describe the environment and the children will go on a sound hunt around the school. We will use sound words to describe the different environments we go to. Finally, we will look at description and how adjectives describe nouns. The children will work in pairs/small groups to think of adjectives for the different characters/places within the story. |
| Maths | This week in maths we will begin to identify 2D shapes within 3D shapes. We will explore, discuss and compare 2D shapes. We will also explore, discuss and identify circles and shapes that are not circles. |
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Phonics and Handwriting |
Phonics: This week we will be recapping all the sounds we have learnt and revising our knowledge of long vowels focussing on ai, ay and a-e. Handwriting: One armed robots Mm Kk |
| Wider Curriculum |
Science – to use our knowledge of materials to sort them into different categories RSHE – to know about different types of families, including those that may be different to their own. PE – to introduce stopping a ball History – to recognise the importance of historical sources Art – to create a Fire of London pastel picture |
| Other Information |
On the morning of Tuesday 25th November, we will be taking part in our interactive online Great Fire of London workshop. If you would like to help in your child’s class for the morning please speak to your child’s class teacher. Friday 28 November Recycled donation bags drop off by 9am Christmas Fair – Saturday 13th December- 11pm-3pm Christmas Play ‘Hey Ewe!’ performances Tues 9th Dec @9.45 for Lime and half of Ivy Class Wed 10th Dec @ 9.45 for Clover and half of Ivy Class
Thank you! |
Please note this is a basic overview of the planning for this week. It is impossible to cover in this outline all the learning that takes place during a week! We also believe in listening to your children and responding to their interests and ideas therefore all our planning is flexible. Please note some of the learning will take place across more than one week and during some weeks the learning focus may not cover all curriculum areas.